从疫情开始至今，美国一直有人坚持反对佩戴口罩，并且质疑相关防疫措施。然而，这些举动却最终令他们付出沉重的代价。
据外媒报道，美国得克萨斯州的著名反口罩人士加勒•华莱士（Caleb Wallace）近日去世，死因为新冠导致的并发症。
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《赫芬顿邮报》的报道显示，入院近一个月并且靠呼吸机维持生命的华莱士，于上周六死于新冠并发症。他生前是得州反对口罩“自由”集会的组织者。
After close to a month in a hospital and grueling weeks on a ventilator, prominent Texas anti-mask “freedom” rally organizer Caleb Wallace died Saturday of COVID-19 complications.
华莱士年仅30岁，是3个年幼女儿的父亲，妻子杰西卡还怀着他们的第四个孩子，杰西卡日前通报了他的死讯，并且在众筹网页上发起筹款，希望有人能帮助他们支付医药及日常开销。
The death of the 30-year-old father of three young girls was first reported by his pregnant wife, Jessica Wallace, on a GoFundMe page she had set up for donations to help with medical and household bills.
据圣安吉洛当地媒体报道，华莱士自7月30日入院，8月8日起出现昏迷状况进入重症监护室，使用了呼吸机和大量镇静剂。
Wallace, of San Angelo, had been at the local Shannon Medical Center since July 30. He had been unconscious, ventilated and heavily sedated in the ICU there since Aug. 8, the San Angelo Standard-Times reported.
8月26日，妻子杰西卡的社交媒体更新，华莱士当时的情况已经非常危急。
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从上个月（7月）开始，华莱士开始出现新冠症状。妻子说他起初拒绝接受检测，并且服用了未经验证的“偏方”药品，包括大剂量的维生素C、锌、阿司匹林以及伊维菌素，而伊维菌素通常用来给牲畜驱虫。
Caleb Wallace began experiencing COVID-19 symptoms last month. Jessica Wallace said that her husband initially refused to be tested and took unproven home remedies for the virus, including high doses of Vitamin C, zinc, aspirin, and ivermectin — a deworming treatment commonly given to livestock.
美国的毒物控制中心经常会收到人们对于该药品毒素影响的报告，美国食品和药物管理局也发布过对于该药品的警示：“你不是马也不是牛，别吃这个药了。”管理局表示，伊维菌素不能治疗新冠，可能对人体造成危害甚至致命。
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Poison control centers are being swamped with calls from people suffering ill effects from ivermectin, and the Food and Drug Administration has issued alerts against ingesting the drug.
杰西卡告诉当地媒体，华莱士不想去看医生，因为不愿成为新冠检测数据的一部分。不过，杰西卡表示自己戴了口罩，她的观点也没有丈夫“那样保守”。
Jessica Wallace told the Standard-Times. “He didn’t want to see a doctor, because he didn’t want to be part of the statistics with COVID tests.” She told the newspaper that she wears a mask, and that her views are “less conservative” than her husband’s.
去年，华莱士组织了两场大型抗议活动，他将疫情防控下的商家关门、佩戴口罩以及疫苗接种称为“新冠暴政”。
Wallace last year organized two major protests against what he called the “COVID tyranny” of business lockdowns, masks and vaccinations.
“我向你们保证，2020年已经是美国历史上最糟糕的一年了”，他在一年前的一次抗议活动上说道，当时他创立了名为“圣安吉洛自由捍卫者”的组织。他还在脸书上写道，“给我看看口罩管用的科学道理，给我看看学校停课有用的证据，给我看看封锁有用的证据。”
“I guarantee you that 2020 has been one of the worst years for America,” he said at a protest just over a year ago organized by a group he had created, the “San Angelo Freedom Defenders.”“Show me the science that masks work,” Wallace wrote on San Angelo’s Facebook page late last year. “Show me the evidence that school closures work. Show me the evidence that lock-downs work.”
华莱士的经历让网友们感慨不已，在《纽约时报》推特相关报道下的高赞评论写道：
“我明白他的家人会怀念他，但是我很难同情他。他有机会听从专家意见来保护自己。但是他却忽视了重要的信息，也在整个过程中使他人处于危险境地。多么痛苦又残忍的解脱。”
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“本来戴上口罩就可以避免丧命。公共卫生应取代任何所谓个人自由。应该实施口罩规则或法律，并且强制执行。没有人会因为个人自由而不顾交通信号，而不戴口罩的致命性质就如同一场车祸。”
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“我不会取笑这些人。请接种疫苗，保持距离，帮助控制疫情。”
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“我很担心还没有接种疫苗的人群。将病毒政治化真是最愚蠢的事情。我希望人们清醒过来，接种疫苗让自己有可以对抗病毒的抗体。他们为什么不去接种呢？”
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“这个人是网络上一大波虚假信息的受害者。尤其对于他年幼的孩子和未出生的孩子而言，很难过。”
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截至31日，美国累计新冠确诊病例近3902万例 ，死亡超63.8万例，与24小时前相比，美国新增新冠肺炎确诊病例接近20万例。
综合来源：Huff Post，央视新闻
